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    total species: 204
    total photos: 317
    total videos: 0
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    1. Eurasian Blackbird (2013-01-17)
    2. Grey Partridge (2013-01-28)
    3. Snow Bunting (2013-01-28)
    4. Great Tit (2013-03-02)
    5. Northern Bullfinch (2013-03-02)
    6. House Sparrow (2013-03-09)
    7. Fieldfare (2013-03-23)
    8. Rook (2013-03-23)
    9. Hawfinch (2013-03-23)
    10. Tree Sparrow (2013-03-23)
    11. Bohemian Waxwing (2013-03-23)
    12. Hooded Crow (2013-03-23)
    13. Rock Pigeon (2013-03-23)
    14. Eurasian Magpie (2013-03-23)
    15. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2013-03-30)
    16. Eurasian Nuthatch (2013-03-30)
    17. Long-tailed Tit (2013-03-30)
    18. White Wagtail (2013-04-06)
    19. Great White Egret (2013-04-06)
    20. Great Cormorant (2013-04-06)
    21. Citrine Wagtail (2013-04-06)
    22. Mallard (2013-04-06)
    23. Black-headed Gull (2013-04-06)
    24. Common Teal (2013-04-06)
    25. Grey Heron (2013-04-06)
    26. Eurasian Jay (2013-04-06)
    27. Northern Reed Bunting (2013-04-06)
    28. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2013-04-06)
    30. Black Kite (2013-04-06)
    31. Northern Lapwing (2013-04-06)
    32. Baraba Steppe Gull (2013-04-06)
    33. Common Kestrel (2013-04-06)
    34. Western Marsh-Harrier (2013-04-06)
    35. Eurasian Jackdaw (2013-04-07)
    36. Common Chaffinch (2013-04-07)
    37. Northern Wheatear (2013-04-07)
    38. Sky Lark (2013-04-07)
    39. Common Starling (2013-04-07)
    40. Common Redshank (2013-04-07)
    41. Ural Owl (2013-04-10)
    42. European Greenfinch (2013-04-10)
    43. Greylag Goose (2013-04-10)
    44. Common Sparrowhawk (2013-04-10)
    45. Great White Pelican (2013-04-13)
    46. Goosander (2013-04-14)
    47. Common Buzzard (2013-04-14)
    48. Northern Shoveler (2013-04-14)
    49. Whooper Swan (2013-04-14)
    50. Common Coot (2013-04-14)
    51. Demoiselle Crane (2013-04-14)
    52. Black-winged Stilt (2013-04-17)
    53. Common Raven (2013-04-17)
    55. Short-eared Owl (2013-04-17)
    56. Tree Pipit (2013-04-17)
    57. Pallid Harrier (2013-04-17)
    58. Common Crane (2013-04-17)
    59. Bearded Tit (2013-04-17)
    60. Green Sandpiper (2013-04-17)
    61. Great Grey Shrike (2013-04-19)
    62. Willow Ptarmigan (2013-04-20)
    63. Northern Pintail (2013-04-20)
    64. Tufted Duck (2013-04-20)
    66. Rough-legged Buzzard (2013-04-20)
    67. Red-crested Pochard (2013-04-21)
    68. Black-tailed Godwit (2013-04-24)
    69. Common Snipe (2013-04-24)
    70. Bluethroat (2013-04-24)
    71. Wood Pigeon (2013-04-24)
    72. Little Ringed Plover (2013-04-24)
    73. Marsh Sandpiper (2013-04-24)
    74. Garganey (2013-04-24)
    75. Mute Swan (2013-04-24)
    76. Eurasian Curlew (2013-04-27)
    77. Merlin (2013-04-27)
    78. Yellow Wagtail (2013-04-27)
    79. Caspian Gull (2013-04-27)
    80. Eurasian Hobby (2013-04-27)
    81. Siberian Stonechat (2013-04-27)
    82. Ruff (2013-05-01)
    83. Common Shelduck (2013-05-01)
    84. Common Pochard (2013-05-01)
    85. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2013-05-07)
    86. Great Crested Grebe (2013-05-12)
    87. Gadwall (2013-05-12)
    88. Pine Bunting (2013-05-12)
    89. Peregrine Falcon (2013-05-17)
    90. Eurasian Redstart (2013-05-17)
    91. Common Whitethroat (2013-05-17)
    92. Grey Plover (2013-05-17)
    93. Long-eared Owl (2013-05-17)
    94. Lesser Whitethroat (2013-05-17)
    95. Little Gull (2013-05-23)
    96. Wood Sandpiper (2013-05-23)
    97. Red-Necked Grebe (2013-05-23)
    98. Common Tern (2013-05-23)
    99. Temminck's Stint (2013-05-23)
    100. Curlew Sandpiper (2013-05-23)
    101. White-winged Tern (2013-05-23)
    102. Greater Ringed Plover (2013-05-29)
    103. Red-breasted Goose (2013-05-29)
    104. Ruddy Turnstone (2013-05-29)
    105. Little Stint (2013-05-29)
    106. Bar-tailed Godwit (2013-05-29)
    107. Red-necked Phalarope (2013-05-29)
    108. Dunlin (2013-05-29)
    109. Pied Avocet (2013-05-29)
    110. Common Rosefinch (2013-06-03)
    111. Common Mynah (2013-06-04)
    112. Laughing Dove (2013-06-04)
    113. Little Bittern (2013-06-04)
    114. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2013-06-06)
    115. Cetti's Warbler (2013-06-06)
    116. Caspian Tern (2013-06-06)
    117. Hoopoe (2013-06-06)
    118. Moustached Warbler (2013-06-06)
    119. Purple Heron (2013-06-06)
    120. Rosy Starling (2013-06-06)
    121. Little Egret (2013-06-06)
    122. Pygmy Cormorant (2013-06-06)
    123. Black-crowned Night Heron (2013-06-06)
    124. Barn Swallow (2013-06-06)
    125. Ferruginous Duck (2013-06-06)
    126. Ruddy Shelduck (2013-06-06)
    127. Booted Warbler (2013-06-07)
    128. European Bee-eater (2013-06-08)
    129. Common Kingfisher (2013-06-08)
    130. Red-headed Bunting (2013-06-08)
    131. Glossy Ibis (2013-06-08)
    132. Northern House Martin (2013-06-09)
    133. White-tailed Lapwing (2013-06-09)
    134. Eurasian Bittern (2013-06-09)
    135. Common Moorhen (2013-06-09)
    136. White-headed Duck (2013-06-09)
    137. Slender-billed Gull (2013-06-09)
    138. Black-Necked Grebe (2013-06-09)
    139. Pallas's Gull (2013-06-09)
    140. Black-headed Wagtail (2013-06-09)
    141. Black Tern (2013-06-09)
    142. Gull-billed Tern (2013-06-09)
    143. Crested Lark (2013-06-09)
    144. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2013-06-09)
    145. Common Goldeneye (2013-06-09)
    146. Kentish Plover (2013-06-09)
    147. Red-footed Falcon (2013-06-09)
    148. Common Swift (2013-06-09)
    149. Common Cuckoo (2013-06-09)
    150. Whiskered Tern (2013-06-09)
    151. Black-winged Pratincole (2013-06-09)
    152. Lesser Grey Shrike (2013-06-11)
    153. Eurasian Roller (2013-06-11)
    154. Greater Flamingo (2013-06-11)
    155. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2013-06-11)
    156. Isabelline Wheatear (2013-06-11)
    157. Pied Wheatear (2013-06-11)
    159. Sandwich Tern (2013-06-12)
    160. Little Tern (2013-06-12)
    161. Dalmatian Pelican (2013-06-12)
    162. Yellowhammer (2013-06-18)
    163. Garden Warbler (2013-06-18)
    164. Willow Tit (2013-06-19)
    165. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2013-06-19)
    166. Common Sandpiper (2013-06-20)
    167. Thrush Nightingale (2013-06-20)
    168. Spotted Flycatcher (2013-06-23)
    169. Eurasian Goldfinch (2013-06-27)
    170. Oriental Turtle Dove (2013-06-27)
    171. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2013-07-12)
    172. Stock Pigeon (2013-07-16)
    173. Paddyfield Warbler (2013-07-16)
    174. Arctic Loon (2013-07-17)
    175. Terek Sandpiper (2013-07-17)
    176. Hen Harrier (2013-07-18)
    177. Slavonian Grebe (2013-07-18)
    178. Common Greenshank (2013-08-25)
    179. White-Backed Woodpecker (2013-08-26)
    180. Greater Spotted Eagle (2013-09-13)
    181. Brambling (2013-09-29)
    182. Steppe Eagle (2013-09-29)
    183. Long-legged Buzzard (2013-09-29)
    184. Black Lark (2013-09-29)
    185. Common Chiffchaff (2013-09-29)
    186. Bean Goose (2013-10-01)
    187. Red Crossbill (2013-10-22)
    188. Mistle Thrush (2013-10-27)
    189. Eurasian Wigeon (2013-11-02)
    190. Red-breasted Merganser (2013-11-05)
    191. Azure Tit (2013-11-11)
    192. Northern Black Grouse (2013-11-17)
    193. Eurasian Collared Dove (2013-12-07)
    194. Blue Tit (2013-12-07)
    195. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2013-12-07)
    196. Redwing (2013-12-09)
    197. Little Grebe (2013-12-09)
    198. Song Thrush (2013-12-09)
    199. Horned Lark (2013-12-10)
    200. Greater Scaup (2013-12-11)
    201. Eurasian Siskin (2013-12-16)
    202. European Robin (2013-12-17)
    203. White-winged Crossbill (2013-12-18)
    204. Common Redpoll (2013-12-30)

    recent uploads

    2013-12-31. Common Redpoll.

    2013-12-26. Caspian Gull.

    2013-12-20. Hybrid Crow.

    2013-12-18. White-winged Crossbill.

    2013-12-17. Eurasian Siskin, Continental Cormorant, Redwing, European Robin, Common Chaffinch, Wood Pigeon, Eurasian Collared Dove, Blue Tit, Little Grebe, Greater Scaup, Song Thrush, Steppe Horned Lark, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Red-breasted Merganser, Crested Lark.

    2013-11-24. Northern Black Grouse, Mute Swan.

    2013-11-12. Lesser White-fronted Goose.

    2013-10-29. Pied Wheatear.

    2013-10-27. Mistle Thrush.

    2013-10-24. Red Crossbill, Red Crossbill.

    2013-10-23. Red Crossbill.

    2013-10-22. Common Chiffchaff.

    2013-10-20. Red-breasted Merganser, Azure Tit, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Chiffchaff.

    2013-10-11. Brambling, Northern Reed Bunting, Steppe Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, Black Lark, White-Backed Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Red-crested Pochard, Black-headed Gull, Whooper Swan, Greylag Goose, Whooper Swan, Grey Plover, Sky Lark.

    2013-10-09. Lesser White-fronted Goose, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Eurasian Curlew.

    rare birds records


    Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

    © Andrey Kovalenko
    2026-06-06
    Almaty area, Sorbulak.

    Second registration of the species on Lake Sorbulak. The first was more than 40 years ago, when two birds were discovered among Grey Herons on June 30, 1982 (Erokhov, 1991). According to available data, this is the easternmost point of flight of the yellow heron from its main range.

    Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

    © Vasilii Bastaev
    2026-05-08
    Karakol lake, Mangystau

    The second record of a rare migratory species this season.

    Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

    © Qanatbek Kenzhegulov
    2026-04-14
    Aktau, Mangystau region

    A rare passage species in Kazakhstan. The most recent photographic record in the country was made on 21 April 2022 in the Suzak District of Turkestan Region (Martin Grienenberger; see the website gallery). In Mangystau Region, only two records supported by photographic evidence are known from recent decades of the 21st century: 20–24 May 2009 in the Kenderli area (Neve et al., 2010) and the present observation.

    Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

    © Alexandr Fedulin
    2026-03-30

    A new species for the Teniz-Korgalzhinsky region. The first photographic confirmation on the website for the Kazakh Uplands. Recorded on March 28 and 30 in different parts of the village.
    more rarities...

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